A.D.D. Rumblings No. 93010

1.Anyone who watches TMZ is contributing to the decline of our culture. It just promotes the dummying down of America.  Turn it off so this show can go away.  Save the children!

2. Potential wisdom from my friend Buckshot Chris.  "Do you know why women have breasts?  So men have something to look at while women are talking".  He said it, not me.

3. I've been failing miserably lately in attempts to learn how to blow a bubble. I suck. I think I'll give up for another couple of years again. It's stupid anyways. Dumb. Leave me alone.

5. Why do people on Facebook have to be announcers of what they are currently watching on TV? OMG DID YOU JUST SEE WHAT LADY GAGA IS WEARING?!  I don't understand this routine.

4. Can people stop buying dogs? There are so many dogs that are euthanized because no one wants them. If you love dogs, rescue or adopt one instead.  Don't add to the problem, by ignoring those out there. Think.

6. Minarchist. I've been one for years and I had no idea that term existed. How silly of me. Embarrassing.

7. Who tells ants about picnics?

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8. Why after over 100 years of college and pro football are there still problems with the rules and officials? I just don't get it.  Everything should be black and white and fully covered by now.

9. Lately I've been getting many criticisms and complaints about DINO, the dinosaur.  The lack of originality is rather boring and the intent sophomoric.  Keep talking!

10.I would like to run.

Chicks: Ex-Girlfriend Paulina

Paulina Porizakova - You might think it's magic, but who's gonna drive you home tonight? My best friend's girl? It's touch and go. She had eyes for Ric Ocasek. Did you hear me, she had eyes for Ric Ocasek. I'm done with her.

Truth: The Examined Life

The only game in life that really matters is examining yourself.

Socrates once said, "The unexamined life is not worth living."  He would rather have died then give up philosophy...and he did die.  He was executed for believing and teaching the truth.  The truth he only discovered by examining himself.  By taking the time to think about who he was, where he was, and what he was doing before it was too late.

Do you do that? Do you stop and think for a minute that while you are in the rat race of life, looking for the next shiny new product you may be missing out on? Your life is too busy and you are in this routine that won't let you breathe.

I've always have this feeling that I've been missing something. I sometimes refer to it as a hunger, or a quench for knowledge. Other times, it's just that I'm never satisfied. Often, when examining things through conversations or meaningful dialogue it will hit me what it is I am missing.  The fact is, I am not missing anything. It's all right in front of me for the taking. I own it.

The problem lies with not accepting it, realizing it, or noticing it because I've put myself in situations that doesn't reveal those things.

The purpose of life is to grow spiritually and personally.  We can't obtain those things unless we take the time to examine our lives.  Santayana said, "He who does not remember the past is condemned to repeat it".  I think we all know that.  But we do we really apply it?

It's like the alcoholic who always has to sneak alcohol into his beverage. He knows through repetition how bad it is, yet still hasn't learned how to fix it.  There's a different between knowing and learning. I know I eat food too fast (because I don't think about food when I'm eating), but I haven't learned to slow down.  I haven't examined it to be aware of the real truth.  I haven't learned, thus I'm repeating history.

You may know who you are, but have you learned who you are?

Felipe Alou

Liberty: Democratia - Republica - Libertaria

Liberty: Libertaria - Republica - Democratia

Wouldn't it be cool if we could divide the country up between democrats, republicans, and libertarians?  Just 3 lines across the whole country.  The left side would belong to the democrats- Democratia, the middle to the republicans - Republica, and the right to the libertarians - Libertaria. Although we'll annex Florida all together, just because no one really wants them.

-Democratia: The Land of Compassion.
It would ultimately fail and go bankrupt. Eventually every citizen of that country would be oppressed, there would be no incentive to work.  Most if not all would be on welfare. Their social security would run out.  Their Health Care would be a complete mess, only relieved because they'd sneak across the border (before they got shot) by Republica's army and seek their health care. 70 to 80 percent of all prosperity would be given to taxes, which will support program after program that got bigger and bigger.  Unemployment would be super high. Unions would be on every job level.  The minimum wage would be sky high as well.  There would be no such thing as a small business that succeeded.  Only small business loans would occur, and they would ultimately bankrupt the monetary system. The majority rules here, and the cities control all of the laws when it comes to voting. The country would hate Republica, because there would be quite a bit of rich people there with a higher quality of life. Jealousy, crime, envy, poverty run rampant.  They can't comprehend Libertaria.

-Republica: The Land of Greed
Originally it would prosper greatly.  Small businesses would thrive.  Those that really succeeded would become so big they would buy the politicians, to get special favors and tax breaks.  Their tax breaks would have to be off set by the tax payers who originally had little or no taxes to pay. Thus their government would have to get bigger to collect the taxes which always increase. To appease the citizens, the government would go to war and increase wealth through the military industrial complex.  Eventually Republica starts to look like Democratia did when it first started which is a mixed economy.  The citizens turn a blind eye to the growing government, and power it has because they are patriotic and they have religion. Their empire is good to them.  They want to be like Libertaria, their Constitution mimics it, but they live in fear of other countries...so the state power is embraced.

-Libertaria - A free market society, who has a small army to fend of the likes of Republica, who may want to take them over and make them part of their empire. Libertaria has prosperity, has people from all over the world wanting to go there to make money.  They enjoy the private entities that are all around the country. There is incentive for peace, for profit, for law abiding citizens. Liberty, freedom, choice is the flavor of the day. Private organizations and churches are fully funded through donations to take care of the mentally challenged and sick.  Price competition on products increases production and profits.  The quality of life increases, as the best from around the world come to live here and work here. Education is private, and the competition to be better and produce exists. It's a classless country, as freedom and liberty are easily attainable. Live free or die.














Ask yourself, is Libertia just some wishful Utopia, or is it attainable.  Where would you want to live? Think about it.

Kevin Seitzer

Truth: Such A Tool

Such A Tool

Tools, I know a few. These are the guys that are so desperate to try to fit in. They try so hard, that they never will fit in. They are clueles in just about everything and it's a wonder how they even get by in life.

When I talk to a tool, I can't help but shake my head in disbelief at what comes out of their mouth. It's as if they arent comfortable in their own skin, and they need to take on this persona of someone "cool" or "interesting". When clearly they are not cool, and they are the least bit interesting.

I must have Tool-Dar built in me to see this. You know the old saying, don't judge a book by it's cover? Well when it comes to tools, you can do that. Reason being is that they will still be a tool whether you ignore or embrace them. Nothing changes with them. You could be their best friend or just an acquaintance and there is no difference.

It's hard to say they are lost souls, becasue they are clueless. They don't have the capacity to even get a glimpse of their soul. They are too busy, too immersed into pleasing others to realize they can't even please themselves.

They'll dive into the latest trends, fashions, gadgets, and knick knacks. They'll take a band like Nickelback, and embrace them as if they are the modern day Beatles. They'll make sure to see every movie, so they can comment and quote them. They'll will be at every party, because being alone kills them. Alone time is hell, since it forces them to understand there's more to life.

They can be spotted on Facebook begging for the wrong attention with every status update. I am not sure I feel bad for Tools. They must be somewhat happy I suppose.

They insult people without even knowing it. They fall in love with any and every girl that gives them five minutes of attention.

Tools may be sad, but dang they are funny.

Moises Alou

Liberty: I Don't Mind Taxes

Liberty: I Don't Mind Taxes

No no I do mind!  However people I have been talking to say this quite often.  They don't mind paying taxes because they have more than they need.  They are "fortunate".

Well who decides  what is fortunate for everyone and what is needed for everyone?

That's what I don't get. I never have understood.

They don't mind because they are "content" where they are. So in their mind what has already been taken is being used for good.  Never mind the government waste and useless programs that are around.

How will social security be paid?  Ummm...well if people didn't pay into social security they could buy their own security.  Then I always get - no they won't.  But social security is going to run out, does anyone understand it's a ponzai scheme? Bernie Madoff gets life imprisonment for running one, while social security lives on.  It makes no sense.

Anyways, that line of thinking about helping the poor through taxes, just means it will never end. 
Compassion they tell me.  Is it really compassionate to keep the man down by having them suck on the government teat?  Is it really compassionate to take from one person to give to another because someone has decided what is good for you?

Spare me the compassion guilt.  If you really care about people, you start with the individual.  If you don't care about yourself, fine..keep it that way.  But to adhere to the smoke and mirrors of government compassion is a joke.

I always pay my taxes, but I do mind them. I know I could do a better job with my money than the state. I know a private entity would do a much better job than the government.

Juan Cruz

Liberty - Disinformation Gone Wild

Liberty: Disinformation Gone Wild
I got an email from a trusted conservative friend who was ticked off that the President was releasing a Children's book. He said this:

Again is it me..or does Obama really have time to write children's books while in office?

Mhhh let's see...
Recorded unemployment
Financial ruin
Record bankruptcies
Record foreclosures
Record length of unemployment
Iran gets nuclei bomb
The WAR on our southern border
The WHOLE middle east
Falling test scores in our schools
Over swelling prison populations
Increasing drug use
Africa
South America

I'm sure each of you could add to the list. Each one of these items could use his FULL TIME attention.


The truth is he wrote it before he took office in January 2009.  The proceeds are going to a scholarship fund for children of soldiers who are killed or injured.

Now the only thing I find skeptical about it, is the timing. Election time, need to get the good word out...blah blah blah. A bit of marketing genius no less. Not an issue to me at all.

The main thing is this; I'm not calling out my friend for passing along this misinformation or his 2 cents, yet alone his anger, because I understand.  I get it.  If you didn't know the entire story, you'd be pretty upset. Especially from the right side of the aisle.  Anything that comes from the Obama camp is usually bad news or lame..so it's kind of expected.  Routine?

I do have an issue with what he wants the president to pay attention to.  The last thing I want him doing is "creating his jobs" again. They don't work.  I don't want him bailing out Wall Street.  I don't want him messing with Iran. I don't want him tangling in the Mid-East.  I want the drug war to end, which will end the prison problem.  Perhaps I'm blind but I see no problem with the southern border. Let the states handle it, not the Feds.

I want the President to push for lowers taxes, eliminate government waste, spending, get our troops home,
and preserve our constitutional  rights.  If he attacks the points on the  list my friend posted, then government will get bigger, taxes raised, and we'll get less and less freedom.

As a matter of fact, I want him to write children's books all freakin day please.  At least he'll be productive, because that's one thing he has not been.  Even the leftist wackos know that.

P.S. Hey...help Ethan when you can.  A little boy who's trying to beat cancer.



Enos Slaughter

Sports: Every Office Has One

Today's guest post is from my friend G.O.D.

Every office has one.

You know them…the person who feels the need to be involved in every discussion, whether they know the subject or not. The person who you will to stop talking, but doesn’t.  The person who will walk over and strike up a conversation based on one line that they heard on talk radio during their drive to work.  The person who wants to be “one of the guys.”  The vocally sports challenged.

Generally this takes the form of local sports.  And naturally, this person doesn’t watch any of the games.  However, hearing about a single play will prompt them to initiate a conversation about how spectacular the play was, segueing into the team’s prospects for post season play, even though the team is at the bottom of the standings.

The office Monday morning quarterback, armed with a sentence or two from sports talk radio, will jump into a conversation about a bad play with a statement on how injuries are killing the team.  Wha?  The actuality is an injury to a major player, and it has nothing to do with the current conversation, but thanks for playing our game, today.

Not having heard sports radio in the morning will cause them to initiate a conversation with, “So, did you go to the game last night?”  Sometimes there was a game the night before, often times it was away.  If one must make sports small talk can’t they at least get a schedule?

You grow up identifying players with their uniform numbers.  You identify with the numbers, and take them as the one you wear.  Numbers of the greats are retired and hung in honor off a flagpole or in the rafters; plagues are posted on walls.  So, when your hometown team has its share of legends, you know their numbers…at least the number of the most legendary of the hometown legends, right?  Apparently, not, and I don’t want to go into specifics, because it makes my eyes roll back in my head.

And could the sports challenged of the world at least learn local player’s names.  I don’t know who “the pretty one” is. 

Where is Terry Tate when you need him?!

I understand that some people are insecure and try to fit in.  I understand that local sports seems like a safe topic for small talk, but if one doesn’t have the facts, or understanding enough to express a valid opinion, I wish they’d stick to the weather.

G.O.D.

Truth - Deal Breakers

Truth: Dealbreakers

Many people come in to your relationship life, then they leave.  Often after they leave you tend to look back in retrospect at things that you accepted, when you know you shouldn't have.  There were deal breakers, but you accepted them for whatever reason.

I often see people  who are with someone accepting things that they would never accept in a mate, yet still do it.  Things such as being with a sloth, obesity, smoking, gambling, infidelity, physical, and emotional abuse.   We've all given in to certain things, that we don't like all in the name of compromise.  All to keep the relationship going.

One over looks things, that they later despise about the person when looking at it from a different perspective.  Usually when it is too late. One also finally understands the resentment that was built after years of dealing with it in the first place.  [Smack your forehead and do the V8 thing].

Sometimes it's not about getting "over" a person, but more of accepting what a stupid jerk you were for compromising your principles to maintain loyalty in the first place.  That most often is the case for anger and resentment.  Not so much the other person, because you realize they are who they are; but at yourself for accepting those deal breakers for so long.  Accepting them for any period of time will haunt you if you dwell on it.

I know this chick who hasn't been intimate with her husband for three years.  I mean what's the point?  If that's not a deal breaker then I don't know what is!  She isn't happy.

There are always clues if you are honest with yourself at the beginning of a relationship at the impending disaster that is coming your way.  You know what your deal breakers are.  If there is any hint of it, stop it.  Don't allow yourself to be second best.  Don't allow yourself to be controlled by your own stupidity.

Deal breakers, you had a few. If you know that you fall for just a pretty face while ignoring personality characteristics then there's a problem about to happen down the road.  If you know that you fall for bad guys, then you know there's a problem about to happen down the road.  You know this, don't let loyalty or being in a relationship cloud your life choices or compromise it.

It sometimes takes quite a while to be really honest with yourself in the relationship world.  Look at yourself.

Carlos Almoar

Chicks - Ex-Girlfriend Sophia

Sophia Loren - I got tired of everyone saying she was the most beautiful woman in the world all of the time. It was non-stop.  Plus she always talked about Mario Lanza as if he was still around.  There's only room enough for 1 big ego, she had to go.  She could cook a mean veal piccata though - I do miss that.  Anyways, I'm done with her.

Truth: Detroit - A Cop Show

Detroit 187 is a new police drama on television.  I watched the pilot to see what it was about.  It's not that I care about watching yet ANOTHER police-investigation-detective-drama-jumping camera TV series. I was curious to see all the hype about it.  Perhaps where you live it wasn't a big deal, but in Detroit it was all the talk.

First off I have to say that Michael Imperioli is one of my favorite actors, and to see him as a cop is just too funny. Anyways it's hard to take a show serious about Detroit when you see an Atlanta rail car in the background. I know I know, most of the series will be filmed in Detroit as the series moves on....yeah whatever. It's just so pretty.

What? It's not about Detroit? Oh. It's about homicide in Detroit. Well excuse me.  Usually known as the murder capital of the world for most of my adult life, Detroit and murder go hand in hand.  How proud the citizens must be. We're number 1!

I watched on the news a city council member who was attending a viewing premier, blab on about the positive image Detroit needs to have, and how this TV show could help.

What?

This show capitalizes on the truth of what a wretched decay of filth Detroit truly is.  What image is going to help Detroit here?  That we have tough cops? That they are tough on murder? I'm missing the point about the positive image. Detroit is a dead city, that needs a complete overhaul that is untouched by statist mentality and liberal policies.  It's the only hope there is.

Most people I heard were excited to see buildings and street signs that they know.  Big freaking deal.  Unless you live in the city grow up.

The show was of course predictable. You've seen it 100 times. Bad cop..good cop...romance...violence...humor.. zzzzzzzzz.  I'm not here to bash the show though.

I'm here to try to understand how any good can come out of this show surrounding the hype.  For the life of me, I don't see it.   On the bright side, the city is getting their 7th police chief in 10 years.  Progress!

Hey if murder keeps going up, won't the population eventually be zero?  Now that's a TV show I'd be interested in - not.

Corey Koskie

Chicks: Points Deduction

When seeing an attractive woman you may be interested in there are always things that knock them down off the pedestal.  These are the list of  the top 20 deduction categories for points:

1. Drinking beer out of a bottle.
-5 points
Sorry not classy.

2. Smoking.
-10 points
If you don't care about yourself, why would you care about me?
It ages you and you sound disgusting.

3. Chest or Neck Tattoos.
-7 points
It doesn't make you unique, it makes you a man. Keep them discrete.

4. Mohawks or funky hair.
-7 points
It worked for Wendy O'Williams, that's it.

5. Flannel Shirt.
-2 points
Unless it's my shirt and you are making me breakfast forget about it.

6. Swearing.
-3 points
Swearing is a sign of low intelligence. At least fake it.

7. Pajamas.
-1 points
Nice at home, but not at the store. Slob.

8. 70's and 80's hair.
-4 points
Marisa Tomei and Farrah Fawcett had their moments. You need to get over it.

9. Lip Piercing.
-5 points
Not attractive at all. Get therapy.

10.Nose Piercing.
-5 points
What's the point?

11. Eye Brow Piercing.
-5 points
Are you going to hang your fishing bait there? I don't get it.

12. Un-kept Hair.
-2 points
Look nice please. Is that too much to ask? A little wash..a little brush or curl. You can do it, I just know it!

13. Gray clothes.
-1 points
A woman should never ever wear grey. There's a reason no one buys grey lingerie or bikini's.

14. Hockey Jerseys.
-2 points
Puck bunnys are annoying creatures.

15. Walking without a purse.
-1 points
It just looks weird. You look like a boy.

16. Shoes. -1 points
No dice on wearing tennis shoes, crocs, or flip flops in public.

17. Cat Calling
-4 points
You don't want men doing it, don't do it either in front of other men.  When a group of women rattle on about some hot guy walking by, it's like watching The View. 

18. No Smiling
-2 points
Ok we know it's that time of the month, but do you have to pout the whole time?


19. Rudeness
-7 points
The hottest chick in the room becomes the ugliest chick when they are rude.  We know you are God's gift to men, but can't you be courteous?

20. Short Hair
-4 points
This works good on French supermodels, but just because you turned 30 doesn't mean you are dead. Men like long hair.

[Special thanks to my friend PlayerMike who keeps me apprised of the dating scene]






Andre Gallaraga

Chicks - Dudes and Chicks

Chicks: Dudes and Chicks
I know a girl (not a friend, because men and women can't be friends - FYI) who despises the word DUDE.  In fact my accident since I say DUDE often, I've even called her dude. She went ballistic on me.  So I try to refrain from using it around here.

Once in a blue moon, some chicks I come across will be upset that I used the word "chicks" in reference to the better half of the species.   In fact, they won't even talk to me or acknowledge me.  Just the other day this evil red head (oxy moron) said I was evil to refer to women as chicks.
Check out this thread from someone on Facebook who was wavering on being a friend. Let's call her Hillary:

Hillary -
"Condition: You NEVER call me a CHICK!! A CHICK to me is someone you meet @ a bikers ralley... I work hard at being a WOMAN & even harder being a LADY ;) NOT a drop of CHICK in me!! You either love me or you hate me... You have alot of great things to say. Seem to have a pretty good head on your shoulders. The only weakness I see is this CHICK thing :P Is it a deal? NO CHICK ...."

Now basically I said that I get many "requests" like this, but it will have to be proven to me if she isnt a chick or not.  [Editors Note: Heavy sarcasm in play].

Hillary Replied:
"...IT'S NO SKIN OFF MY NOSE AND I DON'T HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING TO ANYONE!! YOUR FRIEND REQUEST IS DECLINED!!!"

I went on to say basically, that most of my chick readers aren't offended, and the ones that are don't delete me (they just hate me).

Hillary Replied:
"Guess we come from different walks of life. A chick is very derogatory to me. CHICKS=TRASH! NO WORRIES...If you get some many requests NOT to  be called a CHICK.. Obviously they're telling you something! Duh! As for the MALE version of CHICK.. That they would have to be DUDE! DUDE isn't what you call a MAN.. But I haven't met too many REAL MEN in my life Few and far in between. REAL FAR!! BLOG AWAY!! TRASH is a DUDE/CHICK!! HELLO!!

There was a couple of more unintelligible minor exchanges that occurred, so I apologize to Hillary if I forgot stuff. Since I responded on my phone, my text was paraphrased here.
So chicks, what do you think?  Is Hillary right or does she need a dose of "Hockeydino.com" to enlighten her? You be the judge.

Rocky Colovito

Truth: Ego Stroking Blog

Friends or so called friends like to attack my blog and call it nothing more than myself wanting to get my ego stroked.  Many and most don't subscribe to it, because they don't want to support me or they just don't care what I have to say about anything.  That's fine but when I get attacked wrongly, I have to say something.
This blog started as just me putting my ideas in a place where I could routinely reference them.  It also was a place I could record and vent just for myself.  I wasn't thinking about an audience other than the possible future where my great grand kids might want to know what I was about. Not so much a legacy to leave, but a diary or journal.  I didn't know my grand parents at all. All I have are photos and second hand stories. Maybe just maybe my great grand kids would be curious to know what I think.  If not, it's been a fun lesson in personal therapy.

Everyone has an ego, some bigger than others.  I'm not looking for personal attention, thus you don't hear me talk about personal day to day things, or post photos.  That's what people love to do on Facebook.  I don't really do that.  So who is that who wants their ego stroked?  Who is looking for attention putting status updates about every second of their life? Flirting with women, looking like a tool?   It's not me. Look in the mirror when you get a chance haters.

So attack my ideas and my points, but why attack me?  I like to write so I'll keep doing it.  I'm learning alot as I go along the way.  I get great email, have met some really cool and nice people. I've been exposed to some great information.  It's a very cool experience.  Most of all, it's fun and I find it productive.  Helping various charities has been an added bonus.

I also get called arrogant or an ass. Well on some things I just have done my research and it is hard for me to continually repeat myself over and over again to newbies.  So I'll let it go, or just move on. Thus the appearance of arrogance.

I ask questions, because I want to know the answer.  I'll post things that I've researched philosophically.  I do make errors and mistakes often (as you are so eagerly apt to tell me - especially on sources and snopes stuff). That's cool. I need to know when I'm wrong. Teach me Yoda. I'm after all ignorant as a Facebook friend so easily said about me.

I had a person tell me she won't read my stuff because I think I know everything. I find that funny, because that could be the furthest thing from the truth. If I knew everything, I wouldn't be writing. There would be no need or desire to do so.

Peace.

Schoolboy Rowe

Liberty:Beware of Happy People!

When it comes to politics and life there are things that people say that should scare the hell out of you.

"I'm happy the way things are"
"The state should control people"
"The founding fathers are dead, it shouldn't matter what they wanted"
"I will gladly pay more taxes to help others"
"I'm thankful for what I have and would easily give up more"
"I don't feel cheated by the government, and if I'm cheated by the government so are we all.  I'm not better or worse off than the rest of us. So I accept it"
"The rich need to pay their fair share"

These pragmatists, who hide or I should say are disillusioned under the premise of compassion are the ones who sell you out.  They are the ones who have sold their soul regardless of reason, logic, or common sense.  They live in the now, and have no concept of tyranny, cause, or effect.
"This is the way it is, we can't change it, make the best of it."  

Well yeah duh, make the best of things, adapt, adhere, abide...sure.  However wanting to change, wanting to fix it, wanting to make life better should be every one's goal. Is it not the reason we are living to make life better while propagating the species?

Yeah it is.  So while it may suck to complain, to try, to actually give a damn about what is wrong in the world...it just means you care about life. Do you care?

It's not the liberals or conservatives we should fear it's the apathetic pragmatists.  The pragmatists are the enemy. They are the true children of the state who will never grow up.

Look around you they are everywhere.












Julio Cruz

Dear HockeyDino: Room for Psychos

Dear Hockeydino:

I have been having a roommate problem. A friend of mine, for over 25 years, fell on hard times and I let her move in.  Between her and her animals, it cost me over $2500 to repair the damage after she left.  I had to make her leave.

I let a man move in last week, from an add on Craigslist.  He seemed perfect. His hours were opposite mine. He was a cab driver, so I thought he'd be free of drugs and alcohol abuse. Boy was I wrong. He stopped going to work, disappeared for three days and couldn't come up with the rent. His excuse was he lost his car in Detroit and could I give him more time to come up with the rent.  I changed the locks an hour ago.

I've had my house for about 20 years, I've had good and bad roommates.  It seems I've lost my intuition or something. I'm picking the bad ones.  Where can I find a decent roommate?

Sincerely.

Slumming Lord

_______________________________________________

Dear Slumming Lord,

Here's the deal.  Decent depends on what you think decent means.  Some people think a drugged up cab driver is pretty darn funny.  Some people, not so much.  You have to make the call.

Here's a good rule of thumb for renters:

Men: Don't rent to a man, because they will want to sleep with you.  Even if they don't make a pass, they are thinking about it.  Do you really want that?   I didn't think so.

Women:  Don't rent to a woman, they will come with their baggage and its usually disguised as cats or dogs.  Do you really want to even know a cat lady?  I didn't think so.

So what's left?  I don't think there is any real solution...I think you are screwed.  Teenagers will trash the joint. Families might be the safe bet.  Gypsies could be a nice option.

Happy renting.

Dennis Lamp

Sports: Losing My Religion

What makes me a Detroit Red Wings fan?  What makes me a Detroit Tigers fan?  What makes me a Detroit Pistons fan?  What makes me a Michigan Wolverines fan?  What makes me have to have the Detroit Lions as my home team?

By the grace of God, bad luck, and by chance I happen to be born in Michigan so these are my teams. It's a sports commandment that your home team is your team.  It is just the way it is. I'm stuck.
However recently as much as I identify with these teams (Not the Lions since we are recently divorced), I've come to realize they are just a logo that I root for.

I don't care about what the team does for the community. I don't care about the players. I don't care about the owner.  I used to though.  Big time. I got sucked in like you wouldn't believe.

What I've come to realize that all fans are the same. Some places may be more hostile (Chicago, Oakland, Columbus, Philly), but that just means there are more idiots caring about a logo and acting like a fool there. Mostly, everyone just latches on to a team (by birth usually) and it becomes who they are. 

Some places of course are just magical, like Wrigley Field. You don't have to be a Cubs fan to understand either. 

The grandeur of going to a game as a child just stays with you, like the tradition of Christmas. The sights, sounds, and smell of a ballpark are etched in your brain forever.  You hold on to those memories, you relive your childhood, you embrace the nostalgia.  It's all good.  It's the fabric of Americana.

I though, as much as I embrace my fandom over the years and love of sports just can't align myself with any teams right now.  Sure I want the Red Wings to win, but I don't care if they do or not anymore. I just don't let it get to me either way. The Tigers, I know they suck but I'm not mad about it. Getting mad or not, doesn't change how they will play.  It doesn't make them win or lose. It just doesn't, and people think it makes a difference.  It doesn't. It never has.

Now, I really watch the games to enjoy the sport, to enjoy plays, to watch strategy, to watch in awe of pro athletes,  to inspire me get my lazy legs on to the field once a week being a weekend warrior jock.
I have no expectations, because I don't care like I used to.  Wins are obviously great, losses not so much naturally.  However it's a win for me now, and ultimately that's all I care about.  Plus I don't talk sports with chicks.

Bill North

ADD Rumblings No 91510

1. "Oh Snap!"  Sorry I'm not a fan of this replacement catch phrase.

2. When you hug someone, what do you call that moment when you are just
about to break away...but the other person isn't ready, so you still hug them
then have to wait for them to break away.  Talk about uncomfortable.

3. I'm at a bar the other day and this person takes off their shoes and is
walking around barefoot.  I wanted to puke.  Disgusting.

5. I believe the U.S. economy will collapse. It is inevitable. Math doesn't
lie. Not this time around...but within 30 years when the bubble breaks
again.

4. How come I don't know one single song by Jay Z?  More importantly how
come I just don't care if I never ever hear one song by Jay Z?

6. I was at a campground recently and saw two teenage boys were walking
around the rest room in their bare feet.  I wanted to puke. Disgusting.  I
see a trend here.

7. I'm just about done with the PC, and ready to take the dive into the
Apple world. Open your arms for me Apple, I want you, need you, and may grow
to love you.

[This blog is brought to you by the word flip, and the number 1]

8. All I hear about on the news lately is Bed Bugs. All I can say is, gross.
Friggin wash your sheets people.  Try running the vacuum cleaner once in a
while around the house too.  You freakin slob.

9. Annoying laughs. I was at the bar the other day and this chick was loudly
cackling like a hen being chased by a fox.  It was more of a scream but she
was laughing.  I wanted to take my glass and shove it in her mouth to cork
it. Do people know they have annoying laughs?  People you need to control
your laughs.  Please.  I bet thee.

10. I enjoy play by play commentators, but rarely color guys. The color guys
who are good rarely talk, and only go over x's and o's.  The ones that
babble on about the same thing over and over during the game are not worth
listening to. They are the ones that embellish the simplest of plays into it
being better than sliced bread.  Waste of time talking heads.

Truth: Please Rob Me Blind

Facebook Places or Four Square

What are these things? These are applications that can let your friends know where you are at any given time.  They are tied to the GPS built in your phone.  I'm curious to the lure of this.  So I got myself an account.  I started "checking in" where I was at the time. The locations show up on your phone of every landmark within a few miles of where you are standing.  You then pick off a list, then say where you are.

Your Facebook, or Twitter, and your Four Square friends get a notice that you are at a certain place when you check in.

Here is an example of a checking in:

Hey hey! Your friend Johnny Clueless checked in @Home Depot (Lansing, MI) at 2:40 PM. Swing by and say hi!

So everyone then knows that Johnny is at Home Depot.
Security issue? Yes.
Narcissistic need for attention? Yes.
Dumb?  yes.

You get my drift.

So I updated a few times after I left a location, so I would not reveal the time I was actually there.  I got responses from people who were nearby, which was kinda creepy. I didn't want to see them!  Now I just update imaginary places or places I'd like to be, and see what the response is.

Also for the record, I got 400 new friends on Four Square within 2 days...just by asking random people to friend me.  So I have this mini-network of people from around the world telling me where they are at any given time. (As if I really care?). I can also inform a few thousand people on Twitter and Facebook where I am automatically to with their tie in application.

A few of these people are posting every single place they are at. Home, Work, Car, Home, Work, Sleep, Car, Work, Bank, Church, Kid's practice.

Are you kidding me?  Enough!

Here are my latest updates:

Friday 2:55 PM
Flamingo hotel - Las Vegas
"Just told Michael that no one comes to Las Vegas and talks to Moe Green that way. He mumbled something about family. I want to go fishing."

Thursday 3:10 PM
Preston,Id :
"Pedro and Deb helped me feed Tina the llama. Kip is still chatting on the internet so I will throw the football now with Uncle Rico."


Wednesday 2:26 PM
Detention:
"In the library eating lunch. Molly Ringwald is ignoring me. Judd Nelson just took my sandwich.Ally Sheedy has a straw up her nose. Demented."

Tuesday 4:02 PM
"Washington D.C.: Eating a box of chocolates with Forest Gump. It is very hot out and we have no napkins. Messy."

Monday 3:48 PM
"Metropolis: stuck in phone booth. Cape ripped. Not good."

Sunday 2:49 PM
Dead Sea
"Fishing and looking for scrolls. Not having much luck."

Friday 7:28 PM
Comerica park: Eminem concert
"Just kicked that little punk's ass in a game of rock em sock em robots back stage. Will the real slim hockeydino please stand up?"

Thursday 2:29 PM
Dinner
"Having lunch with Meg Ryan. She is faking it again."

Wednesday 1:22 PM
Empire State Building observation deck
"Still waiting for Meg Ryan to show up."

Fran Healy

SPORTS: The Lions and Me Got Ripped Off!

The NFL blew a call, canceling what was a clear touchdown in the final minute of play between the Lions and Bears.  The whole world knew it was a touchdown, but the officials over turned it.
The referees, who originally had signaled a touchdown, changed the ruling to incomplete.  The play was then reviewed, and it was determined that Johnson never completed his movement to the ground with complete control of the ball.

The rule in question states, "If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass (with or without contact by an opponent), he must maintain control of the ball after he touches the ground, whether in the field of play or the end zone. If he loses control of the ball, and the ball touches the ground before he regains control, the pass is incomplete. If he regains control prior to the ball touching the ground, the pass is complete."

Are you kidding me?

But but but...since I've been divorced from this pathetic organization now for 2 years I must say this.  I DON'T CARE that they lost or that they got robbed.  I don't care!!!

A few of you, the nemesis of my plight, the albatross around my neck will continue to berate me for even mentioning a team I don't care about.  Yeah I get it, so get over it.  My point is this, screw them they deserve it.

They've been robbing me blind for over 30 years. They've been robbing their fans for 53! My sympathy for them is zero.  No, I don't support the NFL rule.  Common sense has been overturned by process.  What a joke.

The call was a joke. The game was a joke.  The rule is a joke.  The organization is a joke. Nothing new. The NFL is no longer fun.  Next year when the NFL goes on strike, are we going to still feel bad about a blown call?  Are we going to cry about  Albert Haynseworth squabbling over a few million dollars?  Put your anger where it should be, and that is toward the NFL, their stupid rules, their totalitarian rule to take any fun out of the game.  They take themselves too seriously.  Thank God for fantasy football, it's the only reason I watch anymore.  Sympathies to those who have Calvin Johnson on their team.

Yeah I'm ticked off.

Deion Sanders

Chicks: Chicks and Beer

Preferences, I've had a few.  A smokin hot chick is at the other side of the bar. She's holding a cigarette and a beer bottle.  

Minus 50 for the cigarette, and minus 20 for the beer bottle.

I'm not alone in this thinking.  Do I care if chicks drink beer? Nope. I'm just saying I don't like how they look drinking out of a bottle.  It's unappealing to me.

This chick on Facebook went nuts on me.

HockeyDino: Get real..Margarita's are for chicks
Joan: what do ya think I am? A guy in drag? NOT!! I'm a woman, so I like them, I also drink BEER! LOL
HockeyDino: Women drink beer? gross
Joan: Yes, why is that gross? I love Corona's with a lime twist...Sooo good! LOL
HockeyDino: Unattractive. Whenever I see a chick with a beer, points get dropped.
Joan: Well if that's all it takes to be a line or demerit in your little black book, You're not a real man at all, in fact you are not even man enough to show your face..I can't believe I am arguing with a nameless, faceless arrogant sop. Points get dropped?? LOL. I wouldn't give you a chance to even critique me..
Joan: Whoever that person is that doesn't like women who drink beer is a goof...You asked this question, and now I have to be criticized by someone for liking beer..I am really angry right now..Just delete me...-I'm tired of this stupid relationship.
Joan: How many men out there think a woman drinking a beer is gross? I really want to know....
Paul Why would that be gross? A woman spitting is a major turnoff.
Joan: .Also a woman dangling a cigarette from her mouth and talking at the same time looks more gross to me, than a woman drinking a beer.. Some faceless, nameless facebook user responded to a post by Hockey Dino, who asked what were your favorite 3 adult drinks.. I answered Margarita's, wine and beer...I've been listening to the beer nonsense for two days now!
Paul: As long as she gets me one while she's at it. I mean from the fridge, I get self conscious when a woman buys me a beer. It's not like I've never accepted, it just feels wrong.
Joan: Okay, I can understand that...You don't necessarily want to feel obligated to a chick who buys you a beer. Nice to know you don't lower your points for a gal who drinks a beer.. :)
Paul: If I'm camping with a gal as an example, she better sink a few cold ones.
Ricky:Would you like to have a beer sweet Joan? :-)
Joan: Yes, I would!! How many demerits will I get for drinking beer?? :((( LOL
Wally: Now who would say such a thing? As a matter of fact I look better when a woman drinks a lot.
Joan: LOL. Walter you are a stitch!! Someone on Hockey Dino's page gave his opinion to my 3 favorite adult drinks!! He takes points off for women drinking beer, he thinks it's disgusting! Oh well, too bad what He thinks..I drink beer, and I drink it out of the bottle!! No glasses for me!! Nope......
Ron: A women drinking beer is cool with, as long as the women uses a Glasss !!!,
Waly: More sanitary that way. LOL I'll buy you a Corona.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

So she has an issue with women dangling a cigarette (preference), but freaks out about my preference for no beer bottle.  Hypocrisy thy name is Joan.  Most men don't care.  Many men do, they've told me.

Joan, this buds for you.




















Jim Northrup

Sports: Notre Dame is Evil

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. One of the most beautiful college campuses I've ever seen is that of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. Everything about it is very nice. The lush lawns, the old churches, and stone buildings. The stadium, the tradition. It's all very pleasant. That being said, it's also a very prestigious school and anyone who has attended should be proud. It's a fine academic institution.

But wait!

I hate Notre Dame sports. I hate their basketball (even though I loved Bill Laimbeer and Kelly Tripucka as pros). I hate their football team (even though I loved Tim Brown and Joe Montana). I hate their hockey team. I hate their baseball team.

Their arrogance, and their contrived hype by NBC (The Notre Dame Broadcasting Network) is sickening.

Rudy sucked too!

For more info on why Notre Dame really SUCKS and is EVIL please go here: Notre Dame Sucks. It's a great site, loaded with all the anti-Notre Dame facts and figures. If you are one of those people who support the Irish because you are IRISH or because you are CATHOLIC, then you need to free yourself from this disease. Know the truth, Notre Dame sucks!












Carl Yastrzemski (He went to Notre Dame too...I liked him as well)

Liberty: Living In Hypocrisy

Living In Hypocrisy
I know the following quote is old, and I'm certainly no peacnick.  However sometimes people in power say or do things that just last forever.

From 1996 on 60 Minutes - Lesley Stahl on U.S. sanctions against Iraq: "We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?"
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: "I think this is a very hard choice, but the price--we think the price is worth it."

I have a hard time letting this one go. 

The thing is, I hear it often from my fellow Americans that we should be shooting Iraqi's, and bombing the hell out of Iran.  It's really no different than the thinking of Albright.

Sorry the whole thing doesn't make sense, and I for one supported going after the WMD.  Flip flop?  Yes I did.  I've come to the realization that killing Iraqi civilians and American soldiers, after we armed Iraqi's doesn't make sense.  There was no WMD, so we should have gotten out.  I don't want my tax money and American soldiers dying to rebuild Iraq.

I find it hypocritical the amount of sentiment to kill, all so we can live in peace.  There's something not cool about that line of thinking.  I find it hypocritical the death and destruction so many cheer for while hiding behind a cross.  Are we defending our country and it's freedoms or our we defending Christianity?  That's not an anti-military stance, but quite the opposite.  I'm sick of soldiers dying.

You see in order for the U.S. to be policeman of the world, they need to kill people.  Often I hear this: "Well the U.S. goes out of it's way to not kill civilians".  Yes I believe that, and that is a noble "gesture" or act. However it doesn't always work, and then you come back full circle to Albright's comments where "it's worth it".  Is it?  How many soldiers have to die too?  Is the world a better place without Saddam Hussein around, but now Iran stronger?

It bothers me all the brave American soldiers that have been maimed, physically and psychologically, and killed because some politician an thought the price was worth it.

"Government is not reason. Government is force"  George Washington

Marty Castillo

Facebook Status Updates 9910

Facebook status updates can be lame, funny, and boring. More often than not, they annoy the hell out of me and I try to avoid them.  Here is my latest collection that made my eyes roll with my comments.

is more tired than a tired person who's tired out from being tired all day !!! 


(and i still cant sleep )
-I'm tired.


Woke up at 230 and couldn't go back to sleep.. I'm paying for it now
-So are we.


is very happy right now!!!!!! :D
-I'm not.


A 2 hour nap? WHAT??!! That was awesome!
-WHAT??!!


feels like my head is in a vice.
-We know the feeling.


yes i have tats and a piercing!!!
-You are so unique!


it is best to remain silent..........
-So why didn't you?


Running late...damn it
-No one cares damn it.


I'm so tired and I think Mom's mad at me for something... ? 
I hope she's okay. Mom, are you okay?! ?
-Come on!


loves bloody marys and my gorgeous wife.
-Bet she feels really special now.


MORNING EVERY ONE!!! ?
-Every one of what?


Sometimes we must part ways and travel down different paths in order to end up on 


the same path together later in life!
-Sometimes I like to put a fork in my eye so I can appease the pain that I get from reading stuff like this. 


I have to go to work for a few tomorrow.....night night time.
-And the world is a better place now.


Ahhh caffeine... the only way to wake up
-You always bash a brick against your head, because that's how we feel reading this useless piece for information.


?...is BORED!
-No need to ask, we are bored.


is a littel nervous bout this new Kid Rock album.....I lluv him. more than life 


itself but need my bitches and ho's Bobby back!!!!!!!
-We are very nervous that you love him more than life too.


best to say nothing.....DELETE!
-yet you still did.


Who the hell eats grilled cheese and tomato soup for dinner on one of the 


hottest days of the summer? ME! That's who!
-Who the hell cares?


I think I just got out smarted by my HP all-in-one......this is crazy man
-No it isn't that crazy. Trust me.


I need to wake up.. someone slap me please
 is sooooo freaking tired.......
-Come here.


I'm gonna throw up one more time and then go to bed and cry myself to sleep. 


Goodnight.
-And the commoners all sighed as Princess Bolemia went back to her bed.


Good Morning.....COFFEE!!!!!!!
-Just shoot me.


?~Monday ~ Monday~
-Pointless Pointless


is up. Dont expect much more lol.
-I never have or will.


You say I talk so all the time so.
-I never said that, because I have no idea what that means.


Mackinac Island!!!
-Zug Island!!!

Rafael Belliard

Truth: Philo Cheese

Philosophy - What is it?

How one lives their life.

Every so often I get this urge and inclination to reference the works of John Locke, Ayn Rand, Lew Rockwell, Thomas Aquinas. 

I have this desire when the world seems to be falling apart to figure out how to tackle things. I want perspectives from a historical standpoint from the great philosophers and sources they have provided us.
You see I'm seeking complete joy in life, and I can't seem to look past the daily grind and corruptness of government which clouds it daily.

I do have joy in my life, things that are very precious and important and full of love. I'm not devoid of those things.  However, my place, every one's place seems to be taking a turn for the worse.  The reality is, the economy, our rights, our freedom...those aren't where they should be.

I have friends who are happy, because they choose to be on a minute to minute basis. Yes they are in denial, but they will live longer than me.  I have other friends who are just ignorant of reality, and they too will out live me. Ignorance is bliss of course.

So is it quality or quantity in the years one should want? I say both. I want it all.  But I can't have it unless their is hope.

Despite the doom and gloom in the world, politics, and our country I do find hope when I attack reason.  It energizes me.

I look to see what values I can strengthen; which ultimately strengthens me and those around me.  But I'm not going to fake it, I'm going to live it.  My hope is that it will be contagious.  Not that I'm the sole source, but I have hope for reason, for truth, for thinking so that our quality of life can improve.  So we can be prosperous, and yeah peaceful.

I'm no hippy but I do shrug











Willie Randolph

Truth: Assumption Junction

Assumption Junction what's your function?

One must never ASSUME. Why? Well you know of course, because it makes an ASS out of U and ME.
I don't talk sports with chicks, people assume I hate women.
I don't drink beer, people assume I'm no fun.
I don't care for Sarah Palin; people assume I support Obama.
I don't care for Glenn Beck; people assume I love Chris Matthews.
I don't care for John McCain; people assume I voted democrat.
I don't care for Newt Gingrich; people assume I don't care about education.
I don't care for reality TV, people assume I don't watch TV.
You get my drift?

Is it safe to assume, one can or should not really assume until they know the facts?  I'm not saying it's wrong to assume, it just gets tiring having to defend myself over and over again. Tired of people putting words in my mouth and pegging me out to be a certain way when I'm not.

A friend of mine got into some turmoil with another friend (relationship stuff). Well the one friend bad mouths the other publicly, and the other friend heard about it.  The friend said that they normally don't care what others think of them...but the fact people were assuming things without knowing the true facts bothered them.

I tend to agree.

If you don't like me because I'm a paleo conservative who's very quickly becoming an anarchist/minarchist, then fine if you know my stances on politics and life. However if you don't like me based on what you assume I stand for, then screw it..that ticks me off.  I'm not assuming.

Paul Assenmacher
 

Truth: You Arent Very Productive

You Aren't Very Productive!

Being a slave to the state and a slave to society for the most part,  you of course aren't truly free, and you certainly aren't really productive. 

You are of course (most people) productive enough to get by.  You are productive enough for the state to survive (By State I mean the government - local, state, county, federal) too.  Actually that's not entirely true, since we have passed along the debt to our children and grand children. However you get my drift I'm sure.
Paul McCartney it is said makes $300 a minute on average. Give or take $100 an hour depending on many variables of course.  Nonetheless, this ain't too shabby pay for a hard days night.

Does Paul McCartney really work? Probably hasn't really worked most of his entire life.  I don't know that to be really true, but the life of a rock star can't be that tough right?  However, Sir Paul is super productive.
I've also mentioned this point to several friends who think I'm nuts for thinking this way:

If you make $20 an hour, and you are working 40 hours per week, you are making $800 a week. That's $41,600 a year.  However, there are 168 hours in a week. If you divide that by $20, you are only making $8.40 an hour. Take away taxes and you are probably making $4.77 an hour.

So a majority of your time, you aren't making any money. In fact, you are spending money in your free time - bills, entertainment, utilities, losing it etc.  You need to think and know that your life is 168 hours a week, not 40. If you are working 40 to pay for 168, that 40 better compensate the rest.

What are you spinning your wheels for? Spare me the "Well you can't work 168 hours a week" garbage.  Yeah I know you need to sleep. I know you need your beer. I know you need your American Idol. I know you need your daily dose of www.hockeydino.com.  That's not my point.  My point is, you need to make money, more than what you do because $4.77 an hour sucks.

Understand? 

Glenn Wilson 

Truth:Loud Vacation

Loud Vacation
I took a few days off recently to enjoy the splendid relaxing serene beauty from the thumb region of Michigan.  I needed a vacation from you guys, but that's another story for another time.
So without boring you of the details here is what I heard from this much anticipated quiet serene splendid vacation location:
screaming
air pumps
air compressors
horns
car alarms
car engines
roller skates
dogs
hammers on spikes
cicadas
laughing
country music blaring
loud talking
horse shoes clinging
diesel truck engines
rvs
bikes

What I wanted to hear was:
The waves of Lake Huron crashing on the shores, the leaves rustling through the trees, the crackling of the bonfire, and crickets.
But no.

Why is this the case?  Because idiots in their infinite wisdom accept campgrounds like this, where tents and rvs are on top of each other in one giant parking lot on grass.  This is your fault if you've ever camped in such a location.  Boycott these places.

This was not fun. This was not my idea of a vacation. I did not relax.  The noise bothered me.  I could have, should have stayed home and put a tent in my backyard and listen to the same noises.  Heck, my back yard is much quieter even if the neighbor is throwing a party.

Who the heck enjoys this type of camping?  The thing is I ask people and they recommend these sites.  Are you kidding me? What a joke.  Can someone, anyone, give me a good place to camp that is private and quiet?

I need a vacation

Nomar Garciapara

Liberty: Once A Commie...

Once a commie, always a commie.  I always say.

Unless we are talking about vacation choices?

Liberty: Thoughts On Foreign Policy

I got a question from my friend OnTheFence Bison:

Serious question, I’m legitimately interested.  As the ‘non-whacko’ type of Tea Partier what do you think America’s Foreign Policy should be?

Reply:

It should be different than what it is.

50+ military bases around the world?  50,000 soliders in Iraq? 50,000 in Korea.  Another 50,000 in Germany.  For what?  So we can kill more people and keep the military industrial complex afloat.

Fine, go after Al Qaeda...but the Taliban isnt our problem..nor should be North Korea.    The American Tax payer used to pay for this, now we borrow money from China to do this.  It's a joke.

Did we really need to kill 1 million Iraqi civilians by trade embargos and sanctions?

Get out of the UN.

Get rid of NAFTA.

Stop trading arms to China.

Get our noses our of the Central America and Darfur.

Stop giving aid to Israel..and the 3 times amount we give to Arab nations.



And for the record, I am not anti-sematic. I am pro America, which means while my friends and family are out of work I don't see how we can give one penny to Israel, Egypt, Syria, Haiti..etc.   I don't see why we are stealing from our children and grand children to pay for today. It makes NO SENSE.

Ryan Sandberg

Chicks - Summer Barbecuing

Summer Barbecuing
My friend Buckshot Chris took it upon himself to tend to the grill, to assist his lovely wife Farmville Brenda.  She wanted him to cook some peppers.  She asked him to char the peppers.  So he obliged.  She then said "but don't burn them". 

[insert record skip]

Char them, but don't burn them?

So I asked Buckshot Chris what did he do?

He said "I burnt the s#$% out of them!

All was well.

What's the moral of the story? Women have men bamboozled men into thinking barbecuing is a man's job and men are in charge.  Men are not in charge no matter how they much they think they are. It's false.
As a matter of fact, I was frying up some bacon recently while camping. This woman says to me, "Don't flip the bacon".

What?

Another time I was grilling some very delicious lamb chops.  This woman comes out of nowhere, sticks her nose in my business and says "Don't flip the chops, you'll lose the flavor!"

What?


You see just one ounce of freedom, and its all an illusion.  They don't want you touching the food.  They give you the grill because it makes you feel good.  The truth is, they own it. They own you.  Emeril, Batali, Wolfgang Puck, these guys get nagged too by their women all day long, don't think otherwise.  I'm not sure what freedom we have left.  It's not enough we let them vote.

Ala Kazam!

P.S. Thank you all for clicking the ad links at the home page www.hockeydino.com.  It helps to keep the blog going. I really appreciate it.


Andrew Miler